This introductory session webinar is on Thursday, March 18, 2010 from 9:00-10:30. For more information and/or to register, go to: events.php
Planning study to strengthen your development program is the topic for this webinar on Friday, March 5, 2010 from 1:30-3:00. For more information and/or to register go to:events.php
How can your nonprofit follow the path that will lead to landing the big gifts? This webinar will show the pathway to major gifts. This webinar is on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 1:30-3:00. For more information and/or to register, go to: events.php
How to ensure a smooth software transition for donor data is the topic of this free webinar on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 from 11:00-1:00. For more information and/or to register go to: events.php
Webinar is Tuesday, February 9, 2010 from 1:30-3:00.
For more information and/or to register,go to:
events.php
Free webinar on Thursday, January 21, 2010 from 1:00-2:00 PM. For more information and/or to register go to:
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Director of Library Services Full-time position at Middletown Public Library. Preferred Credentials BA in Library Science plus three years experience as a Head Librarian or equivalent position. Excellent customer service skills required. Salary commensurate with experience and abilities. EOE. Please submit resume with salary requirements and post marked no later than March 1, 2010 to:
Borough Managers Office
Borough of Middletown
60 W. Emaus Street
Middletown, PA 17057.
USDA Rural Development Housing and Community Facilities Programs
Community Programs provides grants to assist in the development of essential community facilities in rural areas and towns of up to 20,000 in population. Grants are authorized on a graduated scale. Applicants located in small communities with low populations and low incomes will receive a higher percentage of grants.
Grants are available to public entities such as municipalities, counties, and special-purpose districts, as well as non-profit corporations and tribal governments.
The link below provides information for application:
This poll appeared in the Patriot News. What do you think?
Question of the Week: Cumberland and York county libraries are facing funding cuts, so some are cutting hours. Would you pay more in taxes to keep the libraries open?
Check out the poll on Pennlive TODAY!
The Board of Directors of the Allentown Public Library is seeking a creative and dynamic Library Director for one of the busiest public libraries in Pennsylvania.
The Allentown Public Library is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania and directly serves a diverse urban population of 106,632. As a district center, the library also provides support services to the residents and local libraries of Lehigh and Carbon counties. The library director oversees a budget of $2.5 million, a staff of approximately 40 full and part-time employees, and a collection of approximately 250,000 items.
A successful candidate must have a Master’s Degree from an ALA accredited school, at least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in urban public libraries, and a background in developing partnerships and advocacy for local government and community-based funding.
Salary is competitive and based on experience and qualifications. Benefits include health insurance and an excellent retirement package.
Please Send a Letter of Interest along with a Resume by January 29, 2010 to:
Donald Bernhard
Allentown Public Library
1210 Hamilton Street
Allentown, PA 18102
The Pennsylvania 2009 (2008-2009) Public Library Online Survey is now available for libraries to complete their annual reports.
Please note libraries will be using a new version of Bibliostat Collect that can be found at http://collect.btol.com
Reports are due to your district consultant on or before April 5, 2010 so that they can be reviewed and submitted to Office of Commonwealth Libraries before the drop dead deadline of May 3, 2010.
All supporting documentation for the annual report is due to the Office of Commonwealth Libraries by June 1, 2010.
These deadlines are of the utmost importance because Commonwealth Libraries must report all data to the federal government by the first week in June 2010. Because of these deadlines some libraries will not be able to refer to their audits when completing the annual report. In such cases the end-of-the-year treasurer’s report/financial statement should be used.
Useful documents for annual report submissions:
Some of the links aren’t working properly, try NCLD’s site: Annual Reports on North Central Library District’s page
Cover Sheet for Supporting Documentation
Documentation Checklist for libraries 2010
Annual Report Signature Page
Signature Page for 2009 Annual Report
List of Additions and Changes to the Annual Report
Additions and Changes to Annual Report 2009
Certification of Estimated Cost Forms (aka the green sheet). Greensheet Note: If the green sheet is used, it is not necessary to fill in the online Certification form, as long as the total library share is entered on line 224.
Application for State Aid: The independent local library or library system headquarters must fill in the Application for State Aid online. After it is filled out, it can then be printed for signatures, and the entire form or just the application signature page may be sent to Commonwealth Libraries.
POWER Library databases on line 260b: each state-aided library should enter 41.
Audits: Please submit audit or financial review by October 1, 2010. Failure to comply will result in either a delayed payment or loss of State Aid.
If you have questions about filling out the annual report, please contact your system administrator or district library consultant. For technical problems, Bibliostat Collect product support is available toll free at 1-866-785-9935.
Thank you for all your efforts to accurately report your library’s activities.
The general theme for summer reading program 2011 is World Cultures and the slogans are:
Children: One World, Many Stories
Teen: You are Here
Adult: Novel Destinations
The Board of Trustees of Schuylkill Valley Community Library is seeking a visionary director to lead a dynamic staff in a busy rural library. Candidates should posess excellent people, marketing, and technology skills; know how to enjoy their work; and believe that patrons are the most important people. Salary is based on a 35-hour week.
Requirements: Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university and completion of at least 12 credit hours of library science courses. Provisional certification required.
Interested candidates should forward their resume to:
James Dailey
c/o Schuylkill Valley Community Library
1310 Washington Road
Leesport, PA 19533
jayjay2@epix.net
What’s New with the Early Childhood Standards?
A workshop on: January 21, 2010 from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM at FRE in the community room.
Register here to attend and watch the webinar with others from our district: Registration Link
Learn what’s new about the Early Childhood Standards for Infant/Toddler, Pre-kindergarten, and Kindergarten.
This training is appropriate for practitioners who work with infants, toddlers, pre-kindergarten, and kindergarten children in any capacity.
This session will highlight why the revisions were made and how to read the new format of the Standards. The connections to the Standards Aligned System will be covered in detail.
Participants must have copies of the standards and the Continuum to use during the training.
Standards were sent to all libraries, and can also be downloaded from the PA Keys website: pakeys.org for Standards
Are you a new library school graduate? or mid-career and looking for a change? Are you wondering how to improve your career skills or ready to try a certificate program?? Looking to refresh your resume?? Alliance Library System and TAP Information Services invite you to join us for the first annual LIS Online Career Fair. Join us online in OPAL on Tuesday January 12, 2010 for an exciting day of learning how to start or to rejuvenate your library career in tough times!? The day will kick off at 10 am central time/11 am Eastern/8 am Pacific and run through 4:30 pm central/5:30 pm Eastern. You will have your choice of a variety of informational and interactive programs which will assist you with your career no matter where you are.
The conference keynote speaker is Rachel Singer Gordon, webmaster of LISjobs.com, the largest library career site? and job database, and consulting editor at Information Today Inc., Books Division.? Rachel?s talk, ?Career Building in a Down Economy,? will help librarians focus on what they can do to keep themselves moving forward professionally in a down economy.? While professional literature discusses what librarians can do to help their communities and patrons, it does not give much information as to what librarians can do to help themselves.? Rachel will address the ways in which the economy affects librarians professionally, how to control reactions and frustration, how to deal proactively with current events, and how to move forward effectively in tough economic times.
Other speakers include:? Christi Confetti Higgins, Sun Microsystems; Cindy Hill, Hill Information Consulting; Morgan Cadwalader, Alliance Library System; Kitty Pope, Alliance Library System; Barbara McFadden Allen, Career on Institutional Cooperation; Meredith Farkas, Norwich University; Rose Chenoweth, Alliance Library System; Jim Rettig, University of Richmond; Marianne Steadley, University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science and more!
For more information on this conference, check out http://liscareerfair.org .?? Thecost of the one day online event is $29 for graduate library students;? $39 for librarians, and for a group, the price is $79.
For more information, please contact Lori Bell at ALS at lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com or Tom Peters at TAP Information Services at tapinformation@yahoo.com.
